I spoke with a friend of mine from New Zealand, who was all upset that Bush got re-elected, dispite the fact she knew nothing of what Bush or Kerry stood for. Heck just discribing what partial birth abortion is flipped her to Bush.

I love the fact that intelligence experts have asserted that Bush is smarter than Kerry--but that many people assume someone's brighter because he/she says things they can't understand.

Of course, in many cases Kerry's statements came off as needlessly complex, because he genuinely wanted people to be a little unclear on what his actual positions were (to the degree that he actually took positions).